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ATTORNEYS 4. N. DoUMAUx SHIRT Filed July 2, 1.940

Feb. l0, 1942.

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SHIRT `lerome N. Dcumaux, Bayside, N. Y., assigner to The B. V. D.Corporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application duly2, 194i), Serial No. 343,618`

4 Claims. i (Cl. 2-115) This invention relates to garments for theyterminate in points.r Each tab is provided with upper part of the bodyand is concerned more a button hole i8 through which may be passedparticularly with a garment of the shirt type a button 2i) on itsassociated pocket for the purembodying novel features which give it animpose of holding the tab down. Thelower edge proved appearance butwithout substantially in- 5 of the yoke is secured to the lower frontpanel creasing the cost of manufacture. on either side of and betweenthe tabs, and the The new garment, in the form of a shirt suittabs arethus free to be raised and lowered. able for sportswear, includes a yokeforming the The overlapped top edge l5 of the lower front upper portionof the garment in front and havpanel is not stitched to the yoke, sincesuch a ing a lower edge shaped to provide tabs for a l line of stitchingwould detract from the appearpair of breast pockets. Preferably thelower edge ance of the garment. Each tab is, therefore,

of the yoke is formed of curved sections to give provided with a liner2l which is secured to the the garment an attractive appearance and thislower edge of the tab and extends upwardly bemay be enhanced when thegarment is made of iiWeeIl the YOke and the overlapped POT'OD 0fpatterned goods, by causing the patterns on the l the lower front panelto be connected to that yoke and remainder of the garment to lie out ofportion, es, for exemple, alone. the upper edge registry. The yoke andthe panel below it iormheTeOf, by a lille Of SChDg 22- Wth this a1- ingthe remainder of the front of the garment rangement, the raising of etab does not provide are connected together only along the lower anopening between the yoke and the overlapped edge of the yoke on eitherSide and between the portion of the lower vfront panel into the interiortabs, but provision is made to prevent the escape 0f the galmeP- and allObjeet inserted in the of articles upwardly from the pockets betweenpocket Cannot eSCDe uPWeIdly bell/Veen the yke the yoke and overlappedportion of the lower and 10We1 I'GH Panel. front panel, In theconstruction shown in which the lower For a better understanding of theinvention, 25 flOIl panel S made 11Dl 0f a Deir of vertical referencemay be had to the accompanying sections, the yoke is similarly formed intwo drawing in which sections and the yoke sections and back are cutFig. 1 is a view of the new garment in front t0 DIOVde a Heek Opening t0the edge 0f Wheh elevation, with certain parts removed; is secured acollar 23. The back, yoke, and lower Fig, 2 is an elevational View ofthe inner sur- 30 Afront panel are similarly formed to provide armfaeeof o, portion of the garment; v holes to the edges of which are securedsleeves 24. Fig. 3 is a perspective view on the line 3 3 The use 0f the'.VOke Secured alOIlg its lOWeI of Fig, 1; and edge only to the lowerfront panel gives the shirt Figi is a sectional View on iii@ iine 4 4 ofan attractive appearance and providesvtabs for Fig. 1. closing thebreast pockets and the provision of The new Shirt in the formiiiustyatod comthe liners makes it unnecessary to continue the prises aback of conventional construction which 10We1` from? Panel t0 the 1SODS0f the ShOulderS. extends to the tops of the shoulders and may WIOU Suchliners, the iiOPS 0f the Dockets either be a single piece of material ormonroe Would be open betweenthe yoke and overlapped a yoke io, Connectedaiong its Sido edges to the portion of the lower front panel, unless thepanel back is a lower front panel Il which terminates Continued t0 1heODS 0f the Shoulders. If that a substantin distance below the top edgeof the Construction were used, there would be a double back and mays ifdesired, loo formed of o, pair of thickness of material throughout thepart of the vertical sections having overlapping hems l2 garmentOCCllped by the Yoke and this Would Connected by buttons and buttonholes, The add substantially to the cost of manufacture lower frontpanel is provided with a pair of because of the extra material and wouldmake pockets I3 on either side of the central Vertical this DOTOII 0fthe garment uncomfortable. line thereof and in the constructionillustrated, With the construction ,described in which liners eachpocket is formed with a vertical pleat I4. are used, only a relativelysmall part of the ear- A yoke i5 is connected to the upper odge of 50ment includes two thicknesses of material and the back and extendsdownwardly to overlap the on buttoning down the tabs, the pockets aretop edge I6 of the lower front panel. This yoke completely closed. has alower edge Il cut along arcuate lines and The use of the front yokegives the garment is so formed as to provide a pair of tabs I8 a noveland attractive appearance which is cawhich serve to close the tops ofthe pockets and pable of variation by cutting the lower edge of the yokein dierent forms. Also, when the shirt is made of patterned fabrics,variations in appearance may be obtained by offsetting the patterns inthe yoke and lower front panel in various ways, as, for example, bycutting the lower front panel lengthwise of the goods and cutting theyoke on the bias.

I claim:

l. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edgeswhich are shaped to dene armholes and are connected together below thearmholes, the front being made up of a yoke at the top and a lower frontpanel, the yoke having an upper edge which with the upper edge of theback is formed to provide a neck opening, said upper edges beingconnected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neckopening, the upper edge of the lower front panel lying above the levelof the bottoms of the armholes and being overiain by the lower edge ofthe yoke, pockets attached to the lower front panel on opposite sides ofthe vertical meda-n line of the front, a pair of extensions from thelower edge of the yoke overlying the tops of the pockets and providingclosure tabs therefor, the yoke being secured along its lower edge tothe lower front panel on either side of and between the tabs only, andsleeves secured to the edges of the armholes,

2. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edgeswhich are shaped to: dene arniholes and are connected together below thearmholes, the front being made up of a yoke at the top and a lower frontpanel, the yoke having an upper edge which with the upper edge of theback is formed to provide a neck opening, said upper edges beingconnected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neckopening, the upper edge of the lower front panel lying above the levelof the bottoms of the armholes and being overlain by the lower edge ofthe yoke, pockets attached to the lower front panel on opposite sides ofthe vertical median line of the front, a pair of extensions from thelower edge of the yoke overlying the tops of 'fof the front paneloverlapped by the yoke, and sleeves secured to the edges of thearmholes,

3. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edgeswhich are shaped to dene armholes and are connected together below thearmholes, the front being made up of a yoke at the top and a lower frontpanel, the yokeY having an upper edge which with the upper edge of theback is formed to provide a neck openingy said upper edges beingconnected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neckopening, the upper edge of the lower front panel lying above the levelof the bottoms of the armholes and being overlain by the lower edge ofthe yoke, pockets attached to the lower front panel on opposite sides ofthe vertical mediari line of the front, a pair of extensions from thelower edge of the yoke overlying the tops of the pockets and providingclosure tabs therefor, the yoke being secured along its lower edge tothe lower front panel on either side of and between the tabs only,liners for the tabs secured to the free lower edges thereof and toportions of the front panel overlapped by the yoke and lying above theupper end of the pocket, and sleeves secured to the edges of thearmholes.

4. A body garment which comprises a back and a front having side edgeswhich are cut to provide armholes and are connected together below thearmholes, the front being formed of a yoke at the top and a lower frontPanel, each subdivided into right and left sections having overlappingvertical edges, the yoke having an upper edge which with the upper edgeof the back is formed to provide a neck opening, said upper edges beingconnected together along the shoulders on opposite sides of the neckopening, the lower edge of the yoke overlapping the upper edge of thelower front panel and both said edges intersecting the armholes, apocket on each section of the lower front panel below the upper edgethereof, and extensions from the lower edge of the yoke overlying thetops of the pockets and forming closure tabs therefor, the lower edge ofthe yoke being connected to the lower front panel on either side of andbetween the pockets and the upper edge of the lower front panel beingfree.

JEROME N. DOUMAUX.

